marchesa vs. red velvet cupcakes
I’ve tasted some red velvet cupcakes before but when a friend gave me one special cupcake, there was something different about its taste that was set apart from the rest. It actually made me want to discover how to make red velvet cupcakes that taste similar to the one given to me. I took the cupcake and dipped my finger little by little, again and again, tasting it until I figured what was in the icing, until I finally knew. So I looked around for the recipe, an un-generic red velvet cupcake recipe and decided to make a cupcake cake. Yes, a cake shaped like a cupcake! Fortunately, I found the one version popular in England, and even more, my tricky older sister found the recipe for me for free! Since it was my first time ever making cupcakes, cakes, and esp. red velvet cupcakes, I was a bit hesitant and overwhelmed. I had no tools, whatsoever for baking, so I go-go-gadget my sister and borrowed her baking ware. With the help of some hands, even sometimes carrying a feverish baby, I was able to make a cupcake cake from scratch!!! You can tell I’m pretty proud of it, since, […]